Tag: wedding planning

As if it wasn’t tough enough planning a destination wedding while in grad school and working full-time, I also made 95% of the decorations (including flowers) and a few of the gift items. Yes, I do consider myself a sort of masochist!

Anyways, I plan on blogging about my planning experience and about all the crafts I did.

Overall the wedding was amazing. I’m not saying that because it was mine, I’m saying that because it’s true! None of the crazy dreams I had – not having a dress, no hairdresser, the bridesmaids looking like the each belonged in a different wedding party – and not one of my worries – explosive family disagreements, having the money to pay vendors, etc. – happened! After a week of rain the weather was perfect! And, although I had everything planned to a t (I gave the day-of coordinator a 29 page document on everything from songs picked to seating arrangements to decorations), the things that didn’t go as planned still worked out great!

I got to work right away making a “start planning” kit. This included a binder with recommendation from things I used while planning my own wedding and planner (from a free online pdf), a pair of DIY bridal slippers, a DIY bridal hanger, and a couple bridal magazines. Yes, by DIY I really mean that I made these things!